Farid Anfasa Moeloek

Farid was born on 28 June 1944 in Winong village in Liwa, Lampung, as the second youngest child of Abdul Moeloek Soetan Anjoeng, a physician, and Poeti Alam Naisjah, a teacher. Almost all of Farid's family members were physicians, with his brother, Nukman Moeloek, being a physician and professor of andrology at the University of Indonesia. His uncle, Sutan Assin, was a surgeon, and his cousins were also physicians. Farid's father, Abdoel Moeloek, migrated to the Winong village in hopes of evading arrest from Japanese forces, who targeted Indonesian intellectuals. During their stay in the village, Farid's parents provide free healthcare and education services, earning them respect from the village populace. His father also adopted children from the village. Following the independence of Indonesia in 1945, their family migrated to Tanjungkarang, the capital of Lampung. Abdoel took over the city's central hospital from the hands of the Japanese forces and became its head. After his father's death in 1973, the Lampung provincial council decided to name the hospital after him. Farid spent his childhood in Tanjungkarang, completing his basic education from the Xaverius elementary school to state high school in the city. As a child, Farid was known as an avid photographer and learner. He was given the nickname Yip due to his rhotacism. == Education ==

After completing high school, Farid studied civil engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology. Three months in the institute, Farid requested to drop out, stating that he wanted to pursue a different career path from his other brother, who had already been an engineer. His father approved his choice via telegram, and he moved to Jakarta to study medicine at the University of Indonesia. He graduated from the university in 1970 and received his license as a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1976. after defending his dissertation titled Laparoscopy in the clinical investigation of infertile women. In his dissertation, Farid offered laparoscopy, which was a new technology in Indonesia at that time, as a solution for infertile women. The dissertation, which was advised by Hanifa Wiknjosastro and Ratna Suprapti Samil, received the cum laude distinction from its examiners. == Career ==

Farid began teaching general medicine at the University of Indonesia in 1971 and at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology since 1976. Farid practiced obstetrics and gynaecology at the faculty's reproductive health clinic in Cikini, where he became its head from 1981 to 1984. In 1981, Farid successfully conducted the first fallopian tube recanalization operation in Indonesia. During his tenure, Farid was promoted to the rank of full professor 31 July 1994. Six years later, Farid was promoted as the director of the programme, replacing Iskandar Wahidiyat. As director, Farid focused on the internationalizing the programme by aligning curriculum and research with global standards, as well as developing the quality of its human resources and establishing new majors. He also proposed the establishment of a science park in the university's campus. == Personal life ==

Farid is married to Nila Djuwita, the third of five children of Nizar Sutan Tumanggung, a professor in otorhinolaryngology, on 11 February 1972. Farid met Nila at the medicine's faculty student orientation event. At that time, Farid was a member of the orientation committee, while Nila was a freshman. The couple has three children: Muhammad Reiza Moeloek, Puti Alifa Moeloek, Puti Annisa Moeloek, all working as engineers. == Honors ==

• Star of Mahaputera, 2nd Class () (13 August 1999) == References ==